Samsung intros 640GB S2 and 2TB S3 external hard drives

Hard disks serve various purposes today and just as Terabyte highly makes its presence felt, Samsung prepares to launch two new editions to its S series external hard drive lineup. Here’s introducing the 3.5-inch 2TB S3 Station and the 640GB 2.5-inch S2 portable.

The portable lineup previously was available only in capacities up to 500GB but now the latest S2 640 GB drive has changed the situation. This drive has the capability to hold data equivalent to 128,000 digital images, 160,000 MP3 music files, or 77 hours of high definition movies. Thus now Samsung’s portable hard drive range offers 2.5-inch drives spanning from 160GB to 640GB densities.

“As consumer demands continue to escalate for storing personal data,

Unique ID No. Could Be Mobile No. Too-As a solution to the already exhausting 10 digit mobile numbers

With the current 10 digit mobile number collection likely to be exhausted soon, C-DoT, the R&D organization of the telecom sector, is considering if the Unique Identity Number (UID) could be used as mobile number.
The UID Authority set up by the government under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani has been assigned the task of issuing unique identity number for every citizen of the country.

With over 1 crore mobile subscribers being added every month and the all-India mobile subscribers base crossing the 44-crore mark, the current 10 digit numbers are likely to get exhausted very soon.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) is planning to come up with 11-12-digit number, but doubts are raised whether this step would contain the demand.

"What we have thought is why not have one unique number associated with the person like the social security number in the US or the UID. So that unique number we can use for the purpose of mobile communications also," P V Acharya, executive director, C-DoT, told reporters.

The government is hoping to rework the current numbering plan and is already debating with the telecom regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), whether 11-12 digit numbers could be offered. However, the cost and technology are a major consideration here.

The present numbering plan was framed in 2003 to serve estimated 75 crore subscribers until 2030. However, the booming Indian telecom sector is likely to reach 75 crore mobile users much before that as currently India's mobile subscriber base is 44.16 crore.
It is believed that both the government and the industry are looking at a numbering framework that will cause minimum disturbance to existing mobile phone users.

Motorola to Test 4G in India

Yes, you read it right

What? 4G, In India? We have had a torrid time implementing the 3G spectrum and license and now that first of the 3G Services have started trickling in, Motorola wants to do a trial run of 4G in India!

And they seem to be extremely optimistic about it. According to reports, the company will soon approach the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for a trial spectrum allotment for testing LTE (Long Term Evolution) services in India. Now, the worrying thing about this is that the implementation of 4G will shed water on the Government's plan to raise Rs.35,000 crore by selling spectrum for 3G Services. Looks like we'll soon see some interesting developments on this front in the near future.

As for LTE, we can expect insane data speeds of up to 70Mbits/s with this one. We don't have those kinds of speeds even on our broadband networks today. Too much too soon? Only time will tell.

Break free from the usual pulse of one minute

Here is some good news for Tata Teleservices users. You can now avail a fixed charge on a per-call basis - at Re. 1 for all local calls and Rs. 3 for STD calls - regardless of the duration of the call.

Under the newly launched Pay Per Call service, users can break free from the usual pulse of one minute.

This plan will be made available to the company s CDMA service Tata Indicom to any mobile phone or land line connection, on any network.

SMS will be offered at a special price of 50 paise for both national and local messages. Initially, the Pay Per Call concept is being offered to prepaid customers only, with a daily fee of Re. 1. New Tata Indicom customers can avail the tariff option by default, while existing Tata Indicom customers can opt for the same with a one-time recharge of Rs. 96.